Trunk-handle



TRUNK HANDLE. No. 302,999. Patented Aug. 5, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT TIMTHY GINGRAS, OF BUFFALO, NEIV YRK.

TRUNK-HANDLE` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,999,dated August 5, 1884.

Application filed December 3, ISES.

(No model.)

'useful Improvements on Trunk-Handles; and

I do hereby declare that the following description ofmy said invention,taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings, forms afull, clear, and exact specification, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention has general reference to trunk-handles; and itconsists, essentially, in the novel and peculiar combination of' partsand details oi' construction, as hereinafter rst fully set forth anddescribed,and then pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings already mentioned, which serve to illustrate my saidinvention more fully, Iigure l is a longitudinal sectional plan of thehandle-lling. Figs. 2 and 3 are Fig. 4. is a similar View slightlymodified. Figs. 5 and 6 are transverse sectional elevations in line a"-x of Fig. l. Fig. i is a rear view of a sliphandle and sockets.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in allthe figures.

The object of my present invention is the production of a simple,convenient, and cheap trunk-h andle in such manner as to render theutilization of several Waste products available and practical. To thisend I construct my improved trunk-handle essentially of a tubularjacket, A, surrounding a iilling strip or strips, B. This tubular jacketI can produce in various manners-aa for instance, I may construct thesame of leather` of proper width and thickness, as shown in Fig. 6,where the jacket is shown to bewrapped around the lling B, the ends C Goverlapping each other, and the parts secured together by means of tworows of stitches, G C; or I may construct the jacket from sail-cloth(canvas) or other strong and durable textile fabric, and apply the sameto the filling in substantially the same manner as the leather jacketheretofore mentioned, and, again, I may construct the jacket from atubular Woven fabric similar to cotton hose, Woven around the innerfilling or passed over the same after Weaving, the latter plan being themost practical and economical manner of producing the article mentioned,such tubular jacket and filling being clearly illustrated in Fig. 5. Forthe filling I may use strips of leather, canvas,

or other flexible material sufficiently cheap.

to enable its use for the purpose mentioned, although I prefer toconstruct this iillingpiece in the forni of a s'piral, as shownin Fig.l, from strips of waste rleather suitably secured together to produce astrip of sufdcient length to make a complete illing-piece. In makingthese iilling-pieces I prefer to reduce the strips of Waste leather,such as result from the manufacture of leather belting, to uniform size.I then begin to wind this strip into the form of a long spiral, leavingon the end-s, if desired, oblong openings D D, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, andcontinuing the winding until a filling-piece of proper Width isproduced. In this construction I shall use cement to secure thesepa-rate layers together, thereby. securing-a nearly integral mass atbut atrifling expense.

Handles substantially as described are used with a slipsocket, F',having a pin, G, engaging the slotted aperture in the ends of thefillingpiece B in a manner clearly illustrated in Fig. 7.

In constructing the canvas jacket, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5, Iprefer to use old sailcloth or similar waste material, andwhen thehandle is all completed to coat the same with a layer of paint ofsuitable consistence to protect the saine against the inclemency of theWeather, dampness of the atmosphere, Src.

It will now be readily observed that by constructing my trunluhandleswith a Iilling of leather of spiral form I am enabled to utilize a Wasteproduct of comparatively little value and convert the same into a usefularticle, such utilization embracing, also, the material for thejacket,which in its original shape 95 (old sails, dre.) has but little value.

Having thus fully described my invention, I l F, substantially as'described, and forVv the pur- Io claim asl new and desire to secure byLetters poses set forth. Patent of 'the United States- In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as The trunk-handle herein described, con- Inyinvention I have hereto set my hand in 5 sisting of the tubular jacketA, having the the presence of two subscribing` Witnesses.

lling strip or strips secured thereto and TIMOTHY GINGRAS. Woundspirztily, as described, and provided Attest:

v with slotted apertures, as shown, pins G, MICHAEL J. STARK, whichengage said apertures, andl the sockets WILLIE O. STARK.

